Removable dauber and polish supply for shoe polishing brushes



May 15, 1951 o. T. BRUNEL-:R 2,552,708

REMOVABLE DAUBER AND POLISH SUPPLY FOR SHOE POLISHING BRUSHES Filed June21, 194e gpl/umm Patented May 15, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEREMOVABLE DAUBER AND POLISH SUPPLY FOR SHOE POLISHING BRUSHES Oscar T.Broneer, New York, N. Y.

Application June 21, 1946, Serial No. 678,290

1 Claim. l

My invention relates to brushes and more particularly to shoe brushes.

The object of my invention is to provide a shoe brush combining acontainer of shoe polish, a dauber and a shoe brush into one unit.

A further object of my invention is to provide an implement adapted tofeed the necessary amount of shoe polish to the dauber without creatingany chance of soiling the'hands of a user of the implement.

Another object of my invention is to provide a shoe brush having ahollow back adapted to removably receive a shoe polish containertherein.

Other objects of my invention, not specically mentioned, may appear inthe following specification describing my invention with reference tothe drawing illustrating a preferred embodiment of my invention.

It is, however, to be understood that my invention is not to be limitedand restricted to the exact construction and combination of partsdescribed in the specification and shown in the drawing, but that suchchanges and modifications can be made, which fall within the scope ofthe claim appended hereto.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the shoe brushaccording to my invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2-2 in Figure l, and

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3--3 in Figure 1.

Referring now in detail vto the drawing the shoe brush forming thesubject matter of my invention has a handle lil, on which a hollow backll is formed. The handle i and the back ll can be made from any suitablematerial, such as plastic, aluminum or the like. If the handle and backare made from plastic, this material can be colored to indicate thecolor of the shoe polish used in connection with the shoe brush.

The hollow back Il has a substantially rectangular cross section and inthe bottom of the hollow back a plurality of tufts of bristles I2 areembedded.

The top of the hollow back is open and has only a short lip I3 extendingrearwardly from the front wall of the back, and a somewhat longer lip idextending forwardly from the rear wall of the back il.

A helical spring l5 is arranged in the hollow back l i underneath therear lip lll and abuts the rear wall of the back with one of its ends.

A container l5 has a rectangular cross-section and an elongatedrectangular longitudinal section. The width of this container lll issuch that it ts snugly into the hollow back and the length of thecontainer such, that the rear end thereof is located underneath the rearlip I4, when the container I6 is placed in the hollow back and thespring l5 has pushed the front end of the container into contact withthe front wall of the hollow back.

The container I5 is provided with an outwardly threaded neck Il on itstop adjacent its forward end, so that this neck extends upwardly, out ofthe back Il of the brush. The container I6 is filled with liquid shoepolish of any desired color and is closed by a screw cap (not shown)When the container l@ has been placed into the back Il the cap isremoved and discarded. A dauber, indicated in the drawing in general bythe index numeral Hl, includes a cover for the neck il and a dauberbrush carried by the cover for rotation relative thereto,

The cover has an internally screw-threaded neck or boss le integrallyformed on one side of a flat plate or disc 2l! which extends marginallybeyond the boss to provide an annular flange 22. Boss I9 threads uponthe externally screwthreaded cylindrical neck Il to position the plate2i] over the neck opening. Plate 20 has a small number of holes 2ltherein through which polish may flow from the container I6.

The brush comprises a fiat plate or disc-like member 2li in whichbristle tufts 23 are secured. Brush disc 24 has a marginal annular bead25 of U-shaped crosssection providing an annular channel 2li whichreceives the annular flange 22 of plate 20 to rotatably mount the brushon the cover, and has a small number of holes T21 which register withthe holes 2| in plate 2li in one relative position of plate 2B and disc'24.

On the top of the circular ilange 22 an upwardly extending semi-globularprojection 28 is provided and in the bottom of the disk-like member 24 acorresponding indentation 29 is arranged, so that the hole or holes 2lin the brush disk 24 coincide with the hole or holes 2l in the coverplate 20, when the disc 2f! is rotated on the cover, so that theprojection 2B engages the indentation 29.

Disc 24 is maintained in close surface contact with plate 2 so that,when holes 2l and 2l are out of registry, flow of polish from thecontainer to the bristle tufts of the dauber brush is positivelyprecluded. As plate 2U and disc 'All are thin, ilat members and theholes 2l and '2l may be of any desired size, a free flow of polish tothe brush is provided when the holes are brought Vshoes with a simplesingle implement.

into registry and any tendency of the polish to clog the holes isovercome by the relative movement of the plate and the disc.

Bead 25 provides a convenient surface which may be gripped between athumb and finger to rotate the brush without having the fingers come incontact with the bristles which may have an accumulation of polishthereon.

Liquid shoe polish lows then through these holes, wetting the dauberbristles 23. When the bristles are wet enough the flow of polishisstopped by turning the disk-like member 24 and disengaging theprojection 2'8 and indentation 29.V

As long as these two elements are in engagement the disk-like member 20is secured against accidental rotary movement.

When the polish has been'applied to the shoes the bristles I2 are usedto shine the shoes.

The above Ydescription shows clearly, that a shoe brush according to myinvention enables a person to apply the shoe polish and shine the Theuse of such a brush ,eliminates the disagreeable and often smearyopening and closing of an individual can of shoe polish and the storingof this can,

Va dauber and a shoe brush.

The shoe polish container can either be refilled .or an empty containermay be discarded and replaced with a fresh, ready filled container.

Having described my invention I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent:

rectangular space having an open side opposite said bottom wall, a fronttransverse lip extending from said front wall and overlying the frontend of said space, a rear transverse lip extending from said rear walland overlying the rear end of said space, said lips being fixed relativeto said hollow back, a handle projecting from said rear wall, arectangular body having a length less than the length of said space butgreater than the distance from one of said end walls to the opposite lipand a width substantially the same as the width of said space receivedin said space with its end portions beneath said lips, a compressionspring between said body and one end wall of said back resilientlyholding said body against the opposite end wall and beneath thecorresponding lip to releasably retain said body in said hollow back, athreaded neck positioned exterior-ly of said hollow back and supportedon said body, and a dauber brush supported on said 'threaded neck.

` OSCAR T. BRONEER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

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